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Swooping in on The Big Hoot Sculpture Trail in Ipswich

The Big Hoot is the third sculpture trail that Ipswich has hosted to help raise money for local charity St Elizabeth Hospice. Following the huge success of Pigs Gone Wild in 2016 and Elmer’s Big Parade in 2019, The Big Hoot sculpture trail has gone even bigger, with 50 large owls taking up perch around the town from the…

Following the ‘Explore-a-Book’ Book Bench Trail in King’s Lynn & Hunstanton: Norfolk

Sculpture trail season has started in earnest in the TJG household as I headed to north west Norfolk to follow the Explore-a-Book book bench trail in King’s Lynn and Hunstanton. I am so excited for this year as there are some amazing sculpture trails planned in, as well as all the postponed trails from last year too…

Top 20 Travel Related Experiences of 2020

I think it’s safe to say we’re all glad to see the back of 2020. However I’m not going to concentrate on the sheer number of crappy things that happened during the year and rehash what we all know, because we’ve all lived it… many of us have lost loved ones and we’ve…

Top 19 Travel Experiences of 2019

A new year and lots of new things to look forward to… But it’s also that time of year when you look back over the previous year and take stock: what happened – the good and the bad. There’s plenty of 2019 that I’m glad to see the back of including lots of ill health. However…

Visiting Elmer’s Big Parade Sculpture Trails

It may shock all my regular readers to know that Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk was only my first sculpture trail of 2019. How did I get to summer’s end and only do one trail? There have been so many good ones this year, many of which have just come to an end after their summer adventures. However, with…

Top 17 Travel Experiences of 2017

Looking back at 2017, I’ve had some amazing experiences and been to some incredible places. My plans may have had to change a bit from my original hopes for the year and from February onwards I had to stay in my home country, but all that has meant is I’ve gotten to discover more great things about the…